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package org.spice.persistence.components;

import java.util.List;

import org.spice.persistence.exception.NoDataFoundException;

/**
 * 
 * @author karthik Rajkumar
 * @since (RED-CHILLIES Version)
 * 
 */
public 
interface Select {
	
	/**
	 * The query is hard coded with the values by default.
	 * 
	 * @param <T>
	 * @param query
	 * @return
	 */
	<T> 
	T select(final String query);
	
	/**
	 * The query runs with the number of arguments that are passed as parameters. <br />
	 * The arguments are passed as variable arguments.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param <T>
	 * @param query
	 * @param arguments
	 * @return
	 */
	<T>
	T select (final String query, final Object... arguments);
	
	/**
	 * 
	 * @param <T>
	 * @param value
	 * @param arguments
	 * @return
	 */
	<T> 
	T select (final Class<T> value, final Object... arguments);
	
	/**
	 * 
	 * @param <T>
	 * @param value
	 * @param id
	 * @return
	 */
	<T> 
	T select (final Class<T> value, final Long id);
	
	/**
	 * 
	 * @param <T>
	 * @param query
	 * @param mapper
	 * @param objects
	 * @return
	 * @throws NoDataFoundException 
	 */
	<T> 
	List<T> select (final String query, final Mapper<T> mapper, final Object...objects) throws NoDataFoundException;

}
